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America/Los_Angeles |
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UTC-8 |
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UTC-7 |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Located in the Central Valley of California, USA, Merced is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley region, approximately 110 kilometers from the state capital of Sacramento and within a two-hour drive of both San Francisco and Los Angeles. As the home of the University of California Merced (UC Merced), the youngest campus in the University of California system, the city has attracted many scientific and technological talents by focusing on higher education and innovative industries as the core of its development. Agriculture is the backbone of the local economy, and the fertile land of the Central Valley has made it a core production area for grapes, cotton, almonds, and other crops. At the same time, the city relies on the tourism resources of the neighboring Yosemite National Park (about 1.5 hours' drive) to blend natural exploration with urban vitality, making it a livable and entrepreneurial place in Central California.
Jiangcheng, that is, the core city of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, is located in the western wing of the Pearl River Delta, Xijiang and Tanjiang River confluence, is an important node city of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area. As the famous "China's first hometown of overseas Chinese", Jiangcheng carries a deep historical and cultural heritage, with Kaiping Watchtower and the village of the World Heritage Site, the towers of the building integration of Chinese and Western cultures, witnessing a hundred years of struggle of overseas Chinese. Here Lingnan cultural atmosphere, Chenpi culture, overseas Chinese cuisine (such as eel rice, noodles outside the sea) is unique, bird paradise and other natural landscapes are famous. Economically, Jiangcheng relies on the location advantage of the Pearl River Delta to develop industries such as intelligent manufacturing and electronic information, while deepening international exchanges by using overseas Chinese as a bridge, making it a charming city that combines history and humanity, natural ecology and modern industries.